I'm basically at the "can't walk" stage. The damage to my knee caused by osteoarthritis was accelerated by rheumatoid arthritis over the last few years, and these days I can't stand for more than 5 minutes at a time, and can only walk a couple of blocks. I've gone through shots, rehab, and various other treatments, but it was losing my ability to ride my bike that really pushed me over the edge. This surgery's a last ditch effort for me, and I'd be fooling myself if I said recovery wasn't going to be the hardest thing I've ever done. I'm just hoping it'll all be worth it when I'm able to happily ride/walk/stand/dance again.
On Monday, June 8, 2015 at 4:45:06 PM UTC-7, Clayton wrote: > > I talked to my orthopedist about regenerating cartilage research. I had > been holding out hoping that new cartilage regeneration was just a year or > three away from becoming reality. He smiled and said that my knee would > never make it that far. I've had three knee surgeries on my left knee and > got cadaver parts in it. I have done a few five shot rounds of Synvisc (the > cheaper brand that my insurance paid for) stuff and just finished up my > last shot of five. I have had twelve surgeries and am really sick of going > through the whole process, pre-surgical stress, post surgical pain, painful > rehab, getting back in shape etc.. It is all I have been doing for more > than a decade and absolutely dread having another. I am putting off a knee > replacement until I can't walk (Wait, I am almost at that point > now....ummmmm). As long as I can pedal circles, I will pedal until smoke > comes out of my knee or I lie on the side of the road, crying. I can still > ride well enough for happiness. I am extremely curious on how Cecily and > others that have had knee replacements, think about how their knees work, > tolerance on the bike and so forth. I have lots of research to do, but I > have an orthopedic surgeon that is currently doing my knee shots. He was an > orthopedist at Vail for years, and also the head orthopedist for the Browns > and some other NFL team... He KNOWS knees. I know longer just 'trust' > physicians.. but this guy... > > > > On Thursday, June 4, 2015 8:47 AM, Steve Palincsar <pali...@his.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > On 06/04/2015 11:13 AM, 'Clayton' via RBW Owners Bunch wrote: > > > Cecily, I hope all goes great! Work hard at rehab! Please keeps us > informed on your progress. My orthopedist keeps telling me I need a new > knee too. I have been putting it off. > > > > "Need" as in, you are now at the point where there's nothing further that > can be done to alleviate your pain? Or "need" as in at some point in the > future, when remedies such as Orthovisc injections, braces, etc., lose > their effectiveness? And "putting off" -- does that mean you're waiting > to get it done in December so rehab and off-the-bike downtime will happen > in the off-season (that was my strategy and pretty much it was effective) > or ... ? > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/mrZMo7cM86c/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
